What does «arcuación» mean in Spanish?
- Bending process or the condition of being bent as an arc.
- In architecture, curvature of an arch.
Examples of use in Spanish: "medir la arcuación".
- In architecture, arcade, arcature or arch.
- In anatomy, curvature of a bone in the form of an arch.
- Ornamentation in the form of an arch.
Examples of use in Spanish: "la arcuación aparece en las partes altas de ciertas construcciones de estilo románico o gótico".
- In botany, method of propagating trees by bending the branches toward the ground and covering the small shoots with soil; layering.
- (arcuaciones) A series of arches, with or without columns, which can be physical or simulated, used to adorn the upper parts of certain constructions, appearing to support them. It was used especially in the Romanesque and ogival styles.
Examples of use in Spanish: "en la fotografía se aprecian las arcuaciones del ábside de la catedral de Santa María".